Pessary



March 20, 1928. 1,662,925

D. s JOSLYN PESSARY Filed May 18, 192'] Patented Mar. 20, 1928.

UNITED, STATES DAYTON s. JosLYN. or onIoAed'ILLIN'oIs, AssIeNoR r o II.cAns'rnnsjmre'. 016., or

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A coRronA'rIoN on Ln noIs;

PESSARY.

Application med May 18, 1927. Serial n). 192,200.

This invention relates to pessaries, and its principal object is toprovide a pessary havmg a tubular drain duct of novel construction.Another object is to materially reduce the cost of construction thereof.An-

other object is'to provide a solid-wall drain duct or tube and a novelconstruction of the parts, whereby the necessity for the use of gold inthe manufacture of the device is 1 avoided.

With these and other objects and advantages in view, this inventionconsists in a pessary having a solid-wall drain duct; It furtherconsists in the several novel features of construction, arrangement, andcombination of parts hereinafter fully set forth and claimed.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawing,inwhich: 1

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a pessary, embodying a simple form ofthe present invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section thereof; Fig.3is a side elevation, partly broken out, illustrating the internalconstruction of certain parts; Fig. 4 is an elevation of the parts seenin Fig. 3, looking in the direction of the arrow 4 in Fig. 3; Fig. 5 isa vertical section of a drain duct member forming part of the device;Fig. 6 0 is a lan of the parts, seen in Fig. 3; and Fig. Tis a plan ofthe device with the fingers broken away. Figs. 2 to 7, inclusive, showthe deviceupon anenlarged scale.

Referring to said drawing, which illus- 86 trates a simple embodiment ofthe invention,

the reference character 10 designates a conc'avo-convex head portion, 11the drain duct or tube and 12 the retaining fingers or prongs of thedevice. The retaining fingers project from one end of the drain tube andextend at an angle to each other as is seen on Fig. 1. The fingers areformed of light gauze resilient material, such as wire, and may heformed of gold if desired. Upon the outer ends of said fingers are.secured pads or enlargements 13. Said retaining fingers orprongs act tohold the device in place when in use.

For the purpose of construction and assemblage of the parts; a shorttube 14 is provided, to which the fingers are brazed or otherwisesecurely fastened. Conveniently the wall of the tube 14 is pressedinwardly Letters Patent:

at places opposite each other to form two grooves 15, in which the endsof the fingers are placed and secured therein as, for instance, bybrazing them thereto. An outerlonger, tubular member 16, is placedaround the tube 14, and the lower edgesof both tubes 14, 16 are brazedor otherwise secured to the middle portion of the'head 10. As apreference said head 10, contains an annular slot 17 around the adjacentend of the drain duct, and the latter is connected with the head by aweb or other connecting piece 18. After the parts are assembled, asdescribed, the device may be heavily gold plated or otherwise surfacefinished to meet the requirements.

In use the fpessary is inserted into the uterus with a suitableintroducer which will pass through the annular slot 17 and hold thefingers or prongs together; or, as indi- I cated by the dotted lines at19, a capsule,

such as is readily dissolved under the influence of the heat of thehuman body, is placed on the ends of the fingers, when pressed together,and the pessary inserted with the capsule member in place. In eithercase when the fingers are released they spread apart and engage with thewalls of the uterus, thereby effectively suspendin the device in place.Because of the closed wall drain tube construction, a perfect drainageis afforded. Furthermore, the

' parts may be formed of less expensive material than gold; they are'readily assembled and provide a device which may be kept sanitary andantiseptic.

I claim as new and desire to secure by 1. A pessary comprising a head, asolid- I wall drain tube secured to said head. and resilient retainingfingers secured within and projecting from said drain tube.

2. A pessary comprising a head,a solidwall drain tube secured to saidhead, and

having lengthwise extending grooves formed 7 therein, and wire,retainingfingers secured insaid grooves and extending from said draintube. x I

3. A pessary comprising a head, a solidwall draintube secured to saidhead and formed of an inner and an outer tube, said inner tube havinggrooves in its outer face, and resilient retaining fingers fixedlysecured in said grooves, and extending out through said outer tube withtheir outer end portions lspnead apart. r 4. lAlflpessnlry comprising11a; Concave-eon- 'vex head, having a central aperture, a solid walldrain tube of less diameter than said aperture and"seeured'fto saidhead,- there being an annular slot between said drain tube and edge ofsaid aperture, said drain tube having an inner and an outer tubular mem-10 bar, and resilient retaining. fingers fixedly securedbetween saidinner and buter tubular members, and projecting from said drain tubewith their end portions spread apart.

DAYTON s JOSLYN.

